Review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) by Lariste K — 11 Aug 2018
A slick, and occasionally gripping action/spy fable that seems to have no conscience whatsoever about repeating chunks of previous (better) films in the same genre; Chris Nolan's Dark Knight, the second and third Jason Bourne film and of course the Daniel Craig Bond films (note: his film was SKYFALL, this one is called FALLOUT, but happens to focus on skyfall sequences for both of it's most complex, VFX-heavy action sequences).
The plot: who cares! In this type of film the plot is always sheer pretense pulp escapism dressed up in the style of greyscale, upmarket fashion editorial, with a bit of macho nonsense here and there about weapons, bikes, clues, technology etc.
The action sequences are great, and there's a few good bits of dialogue, but keep in mind this film is essentially about an escape-anything spy fighting a global, unknown killer with a plan to use a deadly nuclear bomb somehow.
ie: mindless generic cheese given a reboot thanks to tight editing, breakneck action sequences and, yeah, chunks of ideas shamelessly lifted from other movies, some less than a decade out of circulation.
This review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) was written by Lariste K on 11 Aug 2018.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout has generally received very positive reviews.
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